Jackson Health has begun looking into a patient privacy violation case after a nurse posted images on Facebook of a baby that has a birth defect. A nurse who was working in the neonatal intensive care unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital published two photos on Facebook of an infant having gastroschisis – an unusual birth …
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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have released a notice to all public and private sector establishments concerning the greater risk of ransomware attacks at times when offices are typically closed, for instance, long holiday weekends. Although a lot of employees are going to be having a …
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had been impersonated in a phishing attack that has ended in the breach of the protected health information (PHI) of roughly 12,000 Utah healthcare provider Revere Health patients. The phishing attack was immediately found by the Revere Health IT group, which rapidly secured the inbox to stop unauthorized …
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Electromed Inc. based in New Prague, MN, is a developer and maker of airway clearance devices. It has reported a security breach that occurred in June 2021 wherein unauthorized people acquired access to selected IT systems. Electromed stated unauthorized activity was seen in its IT solutions on June 16, 2021 and steps were promptly undertaken …
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A2Z Diagnostics, a specialist diagnostic testing laboratory in New Jersey, has begun alerting patients about the inclusion of some of their protected health information (PHI) in employee email accounts that were accessed by unauthorized individuals. Upon being aware of the breach, A2Z promptly secured the email accounts and third-party cybersecurity specialists investigated the breach to …
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Francisco J. Pabalan MD of Pabalan Eye Center based in Riverside, CA has said a ransomware attack has impacted approximately 50,000 patients. The center found out about the attack on March 3, 2021. The investigators affirmed that the attack began on March 1. The hackers encrypted records on servers and computers, therefore, blocking patient data. …
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, WA has offered a settlement to take care of a class-action lawsuit it is facing. Victims of a breach in December 2019 filed legal action due to the compromise of the patients’ demographic data, medical insurance details, and health information. The breach involved a phishing attack that was found …
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The medical payment billing service company MultiPlan had reported a breach of its email system. On January 27, 2021, suspicious activity was discovered in the email account of one employee. The action was right away undertaken to stop unauthorized access. The information on the worker’s email was modified. MultiPlan without delay began an investigation to …
A man from Texas was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment right after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to acquire data from a protected computer system. Of the three defendants, Demetrius Cervantes from McKinney, TX, was charged with theft and misuse of protected health information (PHI). Prosecutors claimed the defendants illegally acquired access to …
Dominion National in Virginia, an insurance provider, a health plan manager, and a dental and vision benefits manager, has consented to resolve a class-action lawsuit associated with a data breach involving 2.96 million records uncovered in 2019. The data breach investigation was concluded on April 24, 2019. Dominion National confirmed that unauthorized persons acquired access …
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